The Life and Public Services of Dr. Lewis F. Linn: For Ten Years a Senator of the United States from the State of Missouri |
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Page 220 - Napoleon utter a more original truth than when he said, that there is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous...
Page 346 - Saviour, to mourn, not for the dead, but for the living ; " the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, and blessed be the name of the Lord :" he doeth all things well, although we, poor frail mortals, cannot refrain from grief on such afflicting occasions.
Page 278 - It is incumbent on those only who accept of great charges, to risk themselves on great occasions, when the safety of the nation, or some of its very high interests are at stake. An officer is bound to obey orders; yet he would be a bad one who should do it in cases for which they were not intended, and which involved the most important consequences. The line of discrimination between cases may be difficult ; but the good officer is bound to draw it at his own peril, and throw himself on the justice...
Page 124 - That all petitions, memorials, resolutions, propositions, or papers, relating in any way, or to any extent whatsoever, to the subject of slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon.
Page 107 - ... is to convert the entire body of those in office into corrupt and supple instruments of power, and to raise up a host of hungry, greedy, and subservient partisans, ready for every service, however base and corrupt.
Page 316 - Resolved, That as a testimony of respect for the memory of the deceased, the members and officers of this House will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. Resolved, That the proceedings of this House, in relation to the death of the Hon.
Page 345 - That these proceedings be signed by the chairman and secretary of the meeting, and that a copy of the same be transmitted to the family of our late distinguished Senator, and also that the secretary be directed to furnish a copy to the.
Page 124 - Union and to their fellow-citizens of the same blood in the South have given so strong and impressive a tone to the sentiments entertained against the proceedings of the misguided persons who have engaged in these unconstitutional and wicked attempts...
Page 375 - Human happiness has no perfect security but freedom; freedom none but virtue; virtue, none but knowledge; and neither freedom, nor virtue, nor knowledge has any vigor, or immortal hope, except in the principles of the Christian faith, and in the sanctions of the Christian religion.
Page 101 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.